News: Honours in Physics subtheme - Gravitational waves
Exploring the core of supernovae using gravitational wave observations
Honours project: this project involves producing simulated populations, injecting them in read data, reconstruct the events with cWB and investigating which distributional test performs better in detecting the population.
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Intensity noise suppression of mid-infrared lasers for gravitational wave lasers
Honours project: this project will investigate the intensity fluctuations of these lasers for the first time and design stabilization systems to ensure that these lasers meet the exacting requirements of the latest upgrades to gravitational wave detectors.
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Sub quantum noise limited position sensors for gravitational wave detectors
Honours project: in this project you will investigate a new laser-based position detector that will hopefully surpass these limits and allow the low frequency performance of gravitational wave detectors to improved.
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Optical fibres in space for high bandwidth and black hole detection
Honours project: Explore the creation of high-purity glass aboard the International Space Station to unlock internet bandwidth limits and improve gravitational wave detectors.
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Advanced LIGO Detector Characterisation & CW Astrophysics
Honours project: This project provides the opportunity to work on continuous-wave (CW) searches and advanced LIGO detector characterisation as part of the OzGrav Centre of Excellence.
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Computational Models of Lasers for Future Gravitational Wave Detectors
Honours project: This project provides the opportunity to adapt an advanced set of modelling tools to predict the performance of 2µm lasers and help optimise their performance.
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Improving Fibre Laser Sources for Future Gravitational Wave Detectors
Honours project: In this project you will join the team developing 2 µm fibre laser sources and investigate the isolation of the laser cavities from the environment.
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Characterising the Directional Stability of Laser Sources for Future Gravitational Wave Detectors
Honours project: In this project you will develop a new quadrant photodiode to measure the pointing stability of 2 µm lasers that being developed for future detectors.
Understanding Laser Beams
Honours project: The goal of this project is to explore the use of new imaging arrays for laser beam profilers that can cover a wide range of wavelengths.
Mixed Digital and Analog Control of Advanced Lasers
Honours project: This project explores the use of blended control strategies to optimise the performance of advanced lasers.
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